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The Alaska Standard.com is reporting defeated incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski will announce later today that she is going to run a write-in campaign against her victorious opponent Joe Miller. Miller being the Tea Party victor.
Is this lack of grace and class with these people amazing or what? They are the very picture of people obsessed with power and not principle.
Has Mike Castle — caught on tape during the campaign pleading for party unity and pulling together (when he believed he would win) yet called O’Donnell and done the gracious, classy thing?
Right.
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Brooks| 9.17.10 @ 3:23PM
The job of being a senator or representative must be totally intoxicating and addictive. The rush of power must be truly great. I hope she is humiliated as she deserves it.
Randy| 9.17.10 @ 3:25PM
If this is true, then she should immediately return any money given to her by the NRSC and Republicans every where who contributed to her campaign should ask for the money back, oh yeah never mind, that didn't work with the NRSC's other "perfect" candidate either....
Siegfried X| 9.17.10 @ 3:28PM
This is disappointing but not surprising. The rules have been clear for a long time: each conservative candidate has to win twice, and with the Republican establishment fighting them all the way.
Booger| 9.17.10 @ 3:51PM
Alaksa write in campaign:
"Lisa Murkowski is a __________" (insert perjorative of choice here).
Good to see that the RINOs who've been screaming about DE are all about seeing an R get elected for the good of the party.
gearjammer| 9.17.10 @ 7:11PM
Look at this without your misguided rage. BBCCCCCCCCCCC ! BBBBBBBBBBCCCCCCCCCCCC! This is really egos-a feud between Palin and Murkowski. Even if they had identical views this would be happening. Your Palin is not the only tough broad in Alaska-make a nice mud wresting match those two. A couple of good looking older dames going at it like that just might rid the GOP of it's stodgy-country club image once and for all. Look Joe Miller is not O'Donnell-he has impressive credentials. He can and will win.Christine, if only she had 10 per cent of Joe's resume. Look, I like her. She has money now. I think she has some positive qualities but I still think you take the seat to the bank with Castle. Why can't she run for a smaller office first. don't get me wrong compared to that fencepost Murray or Stabenow or that absurdity from NH, Shaheen or whatever she's Abe Lincoln !
Booger| 9.18.10 @ 12:06AM
If you think Murkowski is a "good looking older dame" then your beer goggles are courtesy of Mad Dog 20-20, finest of the fortified genuine grape wines.
Jeremiah| 9.18.10 @ 3:55AM
GJ, You don't get it: We are Conservatives and we are sick of electing Liberals. It's just that simple to understand. There's no honor in selling out and we will no longer play the RINO's sick game. Screw 'em.
Besides, O'Donnell's going to win.
gearjammer| 9.18.10 @ 1:18PM
I hope she wins and was joyful to see Bachman up 9 or so in a poll. But, I'd have banked Delaware with Mikey boy. So, crucify me. Plus you conservatives, especially social conservatives went overboard at times when we last had control of Congress. The no gay marriage amendment even had Cheney shaking his head. Guess he's a Rino too. Murkowski has some long legs. Those cold, severe looking librarian types can be fun once you loosen em up a bit. But, seriously their is a big Hatfield - Mcoy to this fight in Alaska.
Randy| 9.17.10 @ 3:53PM
Just more proof these people must be removed from the reins of power, and that includes the Castle/Murkowski supporting "conservative" media types and the NRSC/RNC/NRCC. Down with all of them.........
Siegfried X| 9.17.10 @ 4:16PM
Maybe this can raise a million dollars in a day for Joe Miller, like O'Donnell.
J Kelley| 9.17.10 @ 4:24PM
The Alaska voters did the right thing. If She keeps the Republican from winning, Alaska will be rid of a RINO. All RINOs must go. It is better to have 45 real Republicans in the Senate. Than to have a majorty of 51 with 5 RINOs. We get the same results, except the Republicans look weak with the RINOs. How many Democrats cross the aisle? Not any in the Senate, remember Obama Health Care.
gearjammer| 9.17.10 @ 7:21PM
Scalia dies of a heart attack. A second Kagan gets voted in in 55-45, for life ! But, you're happy cause they were conservatives. 45 works you say-better than 51 with six Rinos saying no. And, don't give me some crap the Rinos cave. That is not a given. 55 dems voting yes is the given !
Jeremiah| 9.18.10 @ 3:59AM
I'm tired of always fearing the worst-case scenario. Obviously, your RINO way has not worked--our country is a bigger mess than ever
.
Grow a pair!
Jimfromctown| 9.19.10 @ 12:59AM
GearJammer:
That is precisely the Wrongattitude. What makes yo think that a Republican majority of any size could keep one of Obama's Supreme Court Nominees off the bench. Graham, Snowe, Collins, McCain, or brown would certainly reach around to help the Democrats.
We can accomplish the same thing as a denial, simply by refusing to bring the nomination up via Filibuster. The Republicans need 41 unmoveable votes against the Democrats. They must stand firm . The fact is with or without Castle it would be difficult to get to a 51 seat majority at all.
Regardless, there would never be 51 votes in any event to deny any leftisrt aseat on the bench. Particularly if that fifty-first vote was Pro-Gun control, Pro-Abortion, Anti freedom RINO like Castle. He agrees much more with the Democrats than the Republicans. He would simply vote for ANY Obama Nominee.
Besides Castle is 71 years old, he should never have run for the position. O'Donnel is in her early forties. If elected Senators are very hard to dislodge from their perches. That is why it is so important to get the RINO's out n the Primaries.
CalMark| 9.17.10 @ 4:52PM
Who's surprised?
I'm not.
RINO-speak on GOP candidates:
RINO wins: "Conservatives, shut up and support the Party!"
Conservative wins: "Your candidates can never win. And we'll pull out all the stops to prove it!"
Tom| 9.17.10 @ 5:36PM
More proof that RINO's are the scum of the earth. They will backstab conservatives every chance they get. At least with leftist Democrats, you know that they are what they are, and they are honest and open about it. RINOs are nothing but snakes in the grass.
John - TMF| 9.17.10 @ 5:50PM
All this does is prove my latest political spectrum hypothesis:
There are not enough "Independent Moderates" to effect a change in direction of a floating feather. The Independents are on the Right.
The Elite/Establishment's vaunted "Middle of the road voters" are themselves. Thankfully, write-in campaigns are normally failures. One would hope that Alaska voters are smarter than to fall for a blank line.
To the actual conservatives who inhabit the Elite/Establishment (There are some... truly there are...) please get out of the phone booth.
Your education was an indoctrination no more special and much less useful than Joe the Plumber's.
Your information stream is an AgitProp feed from the Democrat controlled Media Culture. Go spend some time actually working for a living in Ohio, or Indiana, or Tennessee. Just make it someplace other than the smothering poison ivy track from DC to Boston.
Y'all need air and a dose of reality.
Regards,
The Mighty Fahvaag
ds80| 9.18.10 @ 4:44PM
Well tyvm for that gibberish, John - TMF
Michael L. Hauschild| 9.17.10 @ 6:24PM
Come November the Crist/Murkowski team will be a powerful influence in politics. (however, it just won't be like they imagine.)
Roger| 9.17.10 @ 6:53PM
She can't understand normal thinking. That's it in a nutshell.
Katievs| 9.18.10 @ 8:30AM
But Christine O'Donnell, who couldn't always pay her bills, has such "character issues" that the Republican establishment just can't see it's way to supporting her.
Patrick| 9.18.10 @ 8:32AM
Murkowski is a classic example of someone who doesn't know when to quit. Her goose is cooked.
Jim| 9.18.10 @ 10:35AM
Absolute power corrupts absolutely!
Malvenue| 9.19.10 @ 11:55AM
I relish in the irony that six months ago the fear was the Tea Party would run its own candidates in the general election, splitting the Republican vote and allowing Democrats to win.
Now it's the losing REPUBLICANS who are attempting to split the vote and allow the Democrat to win!
Bloody hypocrites.